coude

Definitions


[kuːˈdeɪ], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- relating to or denoting a telescope in which the rays are bent to a focus at a fixed point off the axis


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Origin:
late 19th century: French, literally ‘bent at right angles’, past participle of couder, from coude ‘elbow’, from Latin cubitum


[kuːˈdeɪ], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a coudé telescope


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Origin:
late 19th century: French, literally ‘bent at right angles’, past participle of couder, from coude ‘elbow’, from Latin cubitum




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